Fred, exactly where was Bute County, N.C.? Is it a current N.C. county? ptn

Bute County, NC was cut out of Old Granville County, NC. It only existed from 1764-79 and then was absorbed back into Warren, Halifax, Vance, Granville Counties after 1779. What's so interesting about this county is that it's like a time capsule. Also, this county was home base of the Transylvania Land Company ( Richard Henderson & others involved with TN/KY lands, Daniel Boone, etc.). Second thing, is the wagon road, out of Va, ran through this county, so, appears it was a staging point for moves West. I'm guessing many people elected this route from VA, through NC, and then on to TN/KY ... Just an opinion, from looking at migratory paths. Anyone who has Fauquier/Staford/Westmoreland area family connections, might want to search this site ...Seems to be many of the same surnames here. Bute Coutny Location: On today's maps, if you locate Roanoke River in NC, then old Bute County ran along south side of NC/VA line and included lands on the southwest side of Roanoke River in the area of current Vance,Warren & Halifax counties. Hope this helps http://www.ncgenweb.us/bute/ On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:36 PM, PATRICIA <patcha@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > > Fred, exactly where was Bute County, N.C.? Is it a current N.C. county? > ptn > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Fred Duncan 136 Kirk Adams Road Angier, North Carolina 27501